On all issues, he tried to present an image of a man taking positive action. That he actually took little or no action was of no consequence.

Juliette, who takes action, is starting a non-profit. Go to her blog and scroll down, and contribute.

Since his inflated ego has gotten him so far, Obama’s now saying that inflating your tires will save as much gasoline as “all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling.” Hear for yourselves:

John Hinderaker of Power Line (h/t Larwyn) sat down and did the numbers:

Just for fun, I did the math. Properly inflating your tires can improve gas mileage by 3%. Of course, many people already keep their tires properly inflated, and many more are at least close to being properly inflated. Let’s be generous and assume that one-half of the total possible savings would be realized if we all inflated our tires properly; that’s a net gain of 1.5% fuel efficiency.

Americans drive approximately 2,880 billion miles per year. If we average 24 mpg, we use around 120 billion gallons of gasoline in our vehicles. If, through perfect tire inflation, we improved our collective fuel efficiency by 1.5%, that would be 1.8 billion gallons. A barrel of oil produces around 20 gallons of gasoline, so the total savings available through tire inflation is approximately 90,000,000 barrels of oil annually.

How does this stack up against “all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling?”

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Comments

I kept waiting for the Senator to continue and also recommend taping an egg to the throttle and driving carefully to avoid breaking it, or installing that new hydrogen generator on your car to get 100+ MPG and lastly my fave from college. Get enough speeding tickets that the state takes away your license for 90 days and your fuel efficiency climbs 100%.